Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, plus pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz all died after the aircraft spiralled out of control outside the ground shortly after taking off from the pitch following Saturday’s 1-1 draw with West Ham.

Lambert, who was announced as Ipswich’s new boss on Saturday morning, told Sky Sports: “First and foremost it’s tragic and a real, real shock.

“I live not too far from here myself and I think what has happened here (at this club) has been incredible with the running of the club and them winning the league.

“As everybody knows, when you lose lives – football is nothing, it’s nothing...

Tom Meighan from Kasabian and Ipswich boss Paul Lambert have come to King Power Stadium to pay their respects pic.twitter.com/5Cuzsf1XeY